Wow - this is my first visit to your blog and I grew up in Lynchburg - very random! I haven't lived there in a while and so my ability to recommend is kind of diminished - but I can totally support the J Crew suggestion. Meriwether's restuarant is always really yummy. I've heard that there is a good gallery at Randolph College, though I haven't been. And just taking a cruise on the Blue Ridge Parkway and even making it up to the Peaks of Otter Lodge is a classic Lynchburg outing. Hope it's a fun trip. (oh yeah - I heard that downtown is getting revitalized and much cooler, though I don't know the specific spots, I can say it's pretty cute.)